Teaching and Learning Resources for Early Learners and KS1
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Looking for something original? Here are some Resources for Early Learners and Key Stage 1 that you won't have used before. There are also some Key Stage 2 and a variety of SEND resources.
Alphabet, Phonics, Speaking and Listening, Reading & Writing Activities and a range of topic resources. Worksheets, flashcards, activities, PPTs, quiz games and posters are all included.
Most images licenced from graphicsfactory.com and symbols are licenced from Boardmaker.
Looking for something original? Here are some Resources for Early Learners and Key Stage 1 that you won't have used before. There are also some Key Stage 2 and a variety of SEND resources.
Alphabet, Phonics, Speaking and Listening, Reading & Writing Activities and a range of topic resources. Worksheets, flashcards, activities, PPTs, quiz games and posters are all included.
Most images licenced from graphicsfactory.com and symbols are licenced from Boardmaker.
*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols.
A resource designed with SEND pupils in mind that works well too, for KS1 children.
Links to PSHE, Me, Ourselves, Emotions, Anti - Bullying week, Behaviour Management, Communication, as well as speaking and listening, reading and writing.
Sheet 1 shows 24 colour pictures with emotion words written above.
Sheet 2 shows 24 black and white pictures with words around it. Pupils can identify the facial expressions and find the correct matching words. There is more than one option for this e.g. glad and happy might apply equally well to the same picture.
Sheets 3 -8, each show 4 black and white pictures and children can write a word, phrase or sentence to describe the feelings or emotions.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.
My trip to the Rainforest
One of a set of resources based on trips suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils.
Each resource includes 12 colour and 12 black and white flashcards with symbols.
Sheet 3 asks the children to draw the symbols or paste the pictures under the words.
Sheet 4 is a writing and drawing template. Children can write about their trip.
Links to topic work, journeys, travel, explorers as well as reading, writing and speaking and listening.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.
My trip to Space.
One of a set of resources based on trips suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils.
Each resource includes 12 colour and 12 black and white flashcards with symbols.
Sheet 3 asks the children to draw the symbols or paste the pictures under the words.
Sheet 4 is a writing and drawing template. Children can write about their trip.
Links to topic work, journeys, travel, explorers as well as reading, writing and speaking and listening.
3 Farm worksheets suitable for SEND and KS1.
Each worksheet comes in colour and black and white.
Children can label the things that can be found on the farm using the words underneath.
There are 12 pictures / symbols on each page. These can be duplicated and cut out to make matching pairs.
Children can use the key vocabulary to write about the Farm or to make a list. The blank space on the worksheets could also be used for drawings, stories or poems.
Pictures and symbols could also be enlarged and used for visual aids or displays.
Boardmaker licence
This resource is linked to Phonics and words ending with FF.
There are 12 words included here with matching pictures.
Worksheets
1 - Children trace the words ending with FF and colour the pictures
2 - Children name the colour pictures , cut and match the pictures to the words on sheet 3
3 - Children can either write the words underneath the words given ending with FF, or draw or paste underneath the words.
Suitable for KS1 and SEND pupils.
Boarmaker licenced.
The "Gingerbread Man with Symbols " is a resource pack for teachers, particularly those working with SEND, EYFS, and / or KS1 children.
It is designed to complement work on Folk Tales - The Gingerbread Man in particular.
This pack integrates learning areas such as storytelling, speaking and listening, reading, writing, matching and word work.
The pack includes activities like filling in missing letters in a puzzle related to the story, supported by both symbols and words, available in both colour and black and white versions.
The inclusion of 15 symbol cards aids in speaking and listening exercises, story sequencing, vocabulary development and matching activities. These are in colour and black and white.
The gingerbread-themed borders, provided in both colour and black and white, offer a creative space for children to write or draw about the story.
Additionally, the pack includes three coloured gingerbread-themed cards along with three for black and white cards for colouring.
The pack forms the basis of a lesson or unit of work.
Boardmaker licenced.
A Letters and Sounds Phonics resource using S, A, T, P, I and N and making CVC words.
There are 8 worksheets in colour and these are duplicated in black and white.
Each worksheet is an activity in itself. Children trace the letters of the CVC words, cut them out and order them to make the word related to the picture.
All the letters can be cut out, jumbled and children can make as many words as they can using the pictures to guide them.
Laminate the colour cards and letters to make games of matching and making CVC words.
The words included are sat, tap, pin, pan, pat, tin, tip, tan and sip.
A lovely little matching card game for young children where they name and match drawings and photos of a Spring theme such as a chick, blossom and insects.
Cut and laminate the cards for durability and reuse.
Children could colour in the drawings to make them more personal.
Useful too, for displays, drawer labels and speaking and listening work.
There are 10 pages with 2 sets of cards on each one.
4 pages of colour flashcards, each showing 6 fish.
Children cut out the cards and describe what feelings or emotions the fish are showing.
Start simply with happy and sad and then move on to other emotions such as surprised, angry, shocked etc.
Duplicate and laminate the cards for matching games.
Children could attempt to copy the emotions they see in the fish - they could use a mirror to help them.
Here are 8 colouring sheets showing a colour version and a black and white version of Birthday cakes.
Page 1 is a collection of smaller cakes.
Children can copy the colours or use their own ideas.
These are also good for making into birthday cards.
The final worksheet is a colouring in sheet with a birthday party theme.
5 different worksheets where children name the objects related to Spring and then trace over the words.
Links to Seasons, Easter, handwriting and fine motor control.
Children will enjoy joining in with this popular nursery rhyme with the support of these cards.
There are black and white cards which children can colour in and trace over the words or write onto.
There are colour cards that children can read the words or write onto.
Cut out the cards for sequencing, sorting and matching games.
10 masks with a fruit theme for storymaking / telling and role play.
Cut out and reinforce on card or laminate. Cut out the eyes and fasten the back with ribbon or elastic.
Links in with topics on food / fruit and plants as well as Harvest.
4 fine motor control activities linked to your Transport topic.
Vehicles for children to trace around are:
Bus, Van, Boat and Tractor.
You could also laminate and add these to your writing corner and children can reuse with dry markers.
15 worksheets for children to use to practice their handwriting and fine motor control.
Each sheet has a different theme.
Laminate and use with dry markers in your writing corner too.
5 worksheets where children use the pictures to help them to name and write things they might see e.g. in the home or at the seaside.
Each sheet has a topic or theme:
Summer Holidays
My Home
Shapes I know
Animals I know
Under the Sea
There are 2 sheets to a page, with one colour and one black and white version of the writing frames.
An EYFS activity based on Trees linked to Colour, Shape and Pattern.
There are 3 designs of trees.
Each of the types of trees have 3 worksheets.
Colour in the black and white tree to match the colour version.
Cut out the colour leaves and add them to the tree outline to recreate the tree exactly or to make a new version.
Colour in the leaf outlines to match the colours or use own colours. Then cut out the leaves and add to the tree.
For little fingers, you may want to enlarge the sheets for cutting out.
Enlarge even more to make a lovely classroom display tree.
A pack of resources for your topic on Recycling.
The game is based on 4 colour bins - blue, brown, black and pink lidded.
There is an example sheet for each of the bins showing 9 items that are allowed in each colour bin.
There are blank templates where children can draw things that go in each bin or cut and paste from the bank of colour pictures included.
Finally there are large versions of each colour bin - 2 to a page.
Children could play a practical sorting game where they sort the colour cards and put them under the correct colour bin.
Laminate the resources for your displays and to resuse.
3 Transport worksheets suitable for SEND, KS1 and KS2.
Each worksheet is in colour and black and white.
Children will need to use their listening skills to hear sounds that are the same and at the same time learn about spelling rules.
There are 6 transport symbols on each sheet and symbols that match such as ship and slip and cart and heart.
Children can use the words at the bottom of each sheet to help them and make a list of pairs of words that rhyme.
Boardmaker licence
3 worksheets for young learners with an Under the Sea / Oceans / Animals theme.
Each sheet has pictures to colour and words to trace or write in the boxes as labels.
There is a sea themed border on each page.